Suz Jay
@suzjay11.bsky.social
Art-obsessed writer and editor | bookreviewer | SHUWPF graduate | she/her
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I miss Bonnie. I always kept a bag of corn tortillas in my camera pack because she loved them and I haven't had the heart to take them out. 💔
We are so grateful for everyone's patience as we processed the loss of our beloved Mayor Bonnie last week. We are still heartbroken but proud to announce the formation of our Bonnie Fund that will help special needs residents like her in the future. 🌸 www.patreon.com/posts/goodby...
Goodbye to a Champion | Merrymac Farm Sanctuary
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December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I miss Bonnie. I always kept a bag of corn tortillas in my camera pack because she loved them and I haven't had the heart to take them out. 💔
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Hands down one of the best writers out there. Also, her approach to the query letter is perfection. Trust me.
Ready to get that manuscript submitted? Looking to learn how to write short stories? Whatever your 2026 Writing Resolution is, let me help make it happen with my virtual courses at The Writers Circle!
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hands down one of the best writers out there. Also, her approach to the query letter is perfection. Trust me.
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TRUE STORY during my winter classes I usually teach in an increasingly delightful set of hooded onesies. Come see for yourself!
Ready to get that manuscript submitted? Looking to learn how to write short stories? Whatever your 2026 Writing Resolution is, let me help make it happen with my virtual courses at The Writers Circle!
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TRUE STORY during my winter classes I usually teach in an increasingly delightful set of hooded onesies. Come see for yourself!
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Ready to get that manuscript submitted? Looking to learn how to write short stories? Whatever your 2026 Writing Resolution is, let me help make it happen with my virtual courses at The Writers Circle!
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ready to get that manuscript submitted? Looking to learn how to write short stories? Whatever your 2026 Writing Resolution is, let me help make it happen with my virtual courses at The Writers Circle!
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5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
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Read @Gabino_Iglesias’s review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social & @lesleyconner.bsky.social: “a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways... a very worthy journey.”
The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner: Review by Gabino Iglesias
The Map of Lost Places, Sheree Renée Thomas & Lesley Conner, eds. (Apex 978-1-95576-526-8, $27.95, 306pp, tp) April 2025. Cover by Marcela Bolívar. Much has been written about place as characte…
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Read @Gabino_Iglesias’s review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES edited by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social & @lesleyconner.bsky.social: “a solid group of stories that focus on place in very different ways... a very worthy journey.”
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Look for my story MURDER ME IN THE NEON LIGHTS in the BLACK MASK section of the current issue of @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social 👇 Grab a copy at your local bookstore 😎
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Look for my story MURDER ME IN THE NEON LIGHTS in the BLACK MASK section of the current issue of @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social 👇 Grab a copy at your local bookstore 😎
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Digest-sized paperbacks available of Frost Zone Stories. More to come in 2026. 🥶🖤
There will be 2 new Frost Zone Stories books coming in 2026!
Until then, why not start your collection of the series, with books 1 & 2 - for a total of 21 tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange...
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Until then, why not start your collection of the series, with books 1 & 2 - for a total of 21 tales of the unexpected, the chilling, the dreadful, and the strange...
books2read.com/u/3JMW5A
books2read.com/u/bODRVg
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Digest-sized paperbacks available of Frost Zone Stories. More to come in 2026. 🥶🖤
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Check it. @roblopresti.bsky.social called “The Skies Are Red” by @richienarvaez.bsky.social the best story he’s read this week. Check out his thoughts, and then grab On Fire and Under Water to read Richie’s story and the other 14 excellent entries.
The Skies Are Red, by Richie Narvaez
"The Skies Are Red," by Richie Narvaez, in On Fire and Under Water, edited by Curtis Ippolito, Rock and a Hard Place Press, 2025. This is...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Check it. @roblopresti.bsky.social called “The Skies Are Red” by @richienarvaez.bsky.social the best story he’s read this week. Check out his thoughts, and then grab On Fire and Under Water to read Richie’s story and the other 14 excellent entries.
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The new youtube.com/@bloodonthet... drops tomorrow. Watch as we discuss my novel Portraits of Decay, AI, French Onion Soup, Character names and more. #podcasts #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity #writing #writinglife
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The new youtube.com/@bloodonthet... drops tomorrow. Watch as we discuss my novel Portraits of Decay, AI, French Onion Soup, Character names and more. #podcasts #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity #writing #writinglife
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3 BY NICK KOLAKOWSKI: The “Jake Halligan” trilogy is an action-packed, blood soaked saga that will leave you wanting more! Pick up all three books by @nkolakowski.bsky.social for that crime fiction lover in your life today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
3 BY NICK KOLAKOWSKI: The “Jake Halligan” trilogy is an action-packed, blood soaked saga that will leave you wanting more! Pick up all three books by @nkolakowski.bsky.social for that crime fiction lover in your life today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN
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Best short mystery I read this week.
The Skies Are Red, by Richie Narvaez
"The Skies Are Red," by Richie Narvaez, in On Fire and Under Water, edited by Curtis Ippolito, Rock and a Hard Place Press, 2025. This is...
lbcrimes.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Best short mystery I read this week.
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High up on my bucket list is one day writing a Hallmark Christmas movie. They were my mom’s favorite. And watching them with her—especially in the last years of her life—are among my fondest memories.
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
High up on my bucket list is one day writing a Hallmark Christmas movie. They were my mom’s favorite. And watching them with her—especially in the last years of her life—are among my fondest memories.
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TODAY
Today is your LAST CHANCE to nominate your favorite books, movies, TV shows, book covers, and more for the Reactor poll!!! go go go go go go!!
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
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December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
TODAY
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Epic to see Silk & Sinew part of @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social 's book club! Eep! And those selections--so many fabulous titles. 😍
Women in Horror Book Club 2026 is gonna be LIT!
To join us, become a free member of my Bindery and join our community Discord! boozhoo.binderybooks.com
To join us, become a free member of my Bindery and join our community Discord! boozhoo.binderybooks.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Epic to see Silk & Sinew part of @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social 's book club! Eep! And those selections--so many fabulous titles. 😍
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Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. 💪💪💪❤️
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
SILK & SINEW edited by @garnetonwinter.bsky.social makes THE LINEUP’S list of best horror books of 2025! the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
The Best Horror Books of 2025
A list of some of the best, most enthralling horror books of the year.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Silk & Sinew on The Lineup's best horror list for 2025! I am blown away and so dang proud of all the authors and their stories. 💪💪💪❤️
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
Big thanks to @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social !!!
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This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.
The Mask Comes Off When I Write | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
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December 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.
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I had two short stories come out this year and both are about the same black hole. find them in the anthologies PUNK GOES HORROR and GABAGHOUL. okay thanks.
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I had two short stories come out this year and both are about the same black hole. find them in the anthologies PUNK GOES HORROR and GABAGHOUL. okay thanks.
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Publishers, editors, authors, send us your favorite speculative ecofiction published this year. This is going to be another bouquet of truly stellar ecofiction ✨🌿🦋
Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction!
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
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Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Nominations for ECO25 Now Open!
ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction is an annual showcase of some of the most compelling and thought-provoking ecofiction published every year. If you published speculative ecofiction in 2025 ...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Publishers, editors, authors, send us your favorite speculative ecofiction published this year. This is going to be another bouquet of truly stellar ecofiction ✨🌿🦋
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Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
Great anthology with a strong selection of stories that run the wide spectrum of weird. Horror, fantasy and sci-fi are all here, along with just plain odd and eerie tales.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Volume 1, curated by Michael Kelly, @undertow.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey, folks, please consider grabbing a copy of this anthology. I hope to keep it going.
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SUBS CLOSE TODAY! For January, give us noir about dreams. Maybe it’s petty dreams about gangland glory. Let’s kick off 2026 by taking a look at “what dreams may come,” and what happens next when all your dreams come true . . . or don’t. Subs open from Dec 1-4: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
SUBS CLOSE TODAY! For January, give us noir about dreams. Maybe it’s petty dreams about gangland glory. Let’s kick off 2026 by taking a look at “what dreams may come,” and what happens next when all your dreams come true . . . or don’t. Subs open from Dec 1-4: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
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Over-writing is often a symptom of creative self-doubt. You don’t trust yourself or your reader to pick up clues, read between the lines, or to suspend disbelief as the tale unfolds—unless you cram in every single detail you can think of.
Insight from Amy Bernstein.
Insight from Amy Bernstein.
The Case for Shrinking Your Novel | Jane Friedman
Even experienced novelists overwrite. Here are five insights about ruthlessly cutting a manuscript—and why that’s a good thing.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Over-writing is often a symptom of creative self-doubt. You don’t trust yourself or your reader to pick up clues, read between the lines, or to suspend disbelief as the tale unfolds—unless you cram in every single detail you can think of.
Insight from Amy Bernstein.
Insight from Amy Bernstein.
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284 pages. No ads. Celebrating sixteen years of amplifying women's voices in SFF, collected into one gorgeous book. This is LSQ 064.
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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
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#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
284 pages. No ads. Celebrating sixteen years of amplifying women's voices in SFF, collected into one gorgeous book. This is LSQ 064.
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
www.lunastationquart...
#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
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RHP ANTHOLOGIES make lovely gifts for the reader in your life who enjoys gut punching crime fiction. Pick up one or two or three collections today: bit.ly/3MbYXOk
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
RHP ANTHOLOGIES make lovely gifts for the reader in your life who enjoys gut punching crime fiction. Pick up one or two or three collections today: bit.ly/3MbYXOk
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The Morning Monty loafs in his new preferred location: under the Christmas tree
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Morning Monty loafs in his new preferred location: under the Christmas tree